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Summary
Summary
Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Degenerative Disease Prevention is a compilation of different segments of functional foods and nutraceuticals focusing on their mechanism of action in the human body leading to disease prevention. Numerous chapters deal with different functional foods in terms of their efficacy, highlighting the mechanism of action of their ingredients. The book focuses on the biochemistry and molecular biology of the disease prevention process rather than simply compiling the benefits of functional foods and nutraceuticals.
Aimed primarily at an audience comprised of researchers, industry professionals, food scientists, medical professionals and graduate level students, Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Degenerative Disease Prevention offers a mechanism-based interpretation for the effect of nutraceuticals within the human body. Ultimately, the discussion of the biological effects of a variety of functional foods will provide a wholesome approach to the maintenance of health through judicious choice of functional foods.
Author Notes
Dr Gopinadhan Paliyath is Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr Marica Bakovic is Professor in the Department of Human Health & Nutritional Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr Kalidas Shetty is Professor in the Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Table of Contents
| Contributors | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| About the Editors | p. xix |
| 1 Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Disease Prevention: A Window to the Future of Health Promotion | p. 3 |
| 1.1 Chronic Degenerative Diseases in Modern Society: Implications on Life Quality, Productivity, Economic Burden | p. 3 |
| 1.1.1 Diet and lifestyle changes: the missing foods | p. 3 |
| 1.1.2 Social and economic burden of chronic degenerative diseases | p. 4 |
| 1.2 Health Regulatory Properties of Foods: ôPrevention Is Better Than Cureö | p. 5 |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption and disease prevention | p. 6 |
| Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals | p. 11 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Definition of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals | p. 12 |
| Effects of functional foods and nutraceuticals on major chronic diseases | p. 16 |
| Sources and Biological Effects of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Nature | p. 19 |
| Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) | p. 20 |
| Phytoestrogens | p. 21 |
| Tomatoes | p. 21 |
| Garlic (Allium sativum) | p. 21 |
| Cruciferous vegetables | p. 22 |
| Citrus fruits | p. 22 |
| Cranberry | p. 23 |
| Tea | p. 23 |
| Wine and grapes | p. 24 |
| Chocolate | p. 24 |
| Fish | p. 25 |
| Dairy products | p. 25 |
| Carbohydrates | p. 26 |
| Meat | p. 26 |
| Vitamins | p. 26 |
| Minerals | p. 27 |
| Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Health Claims and Benefits | p. 27 |
| Oats | p. 27 |
| Psyllium | p. 27 |
| Soybeans | p. 28 |
| Phytosterols | p. 29 |
| Fiber | p. 29 |
| D-Tagatose | p. 29 |
| Qualifi ed Health Claims | p. 29 |
| Selenium and cancer | p. 29 |
| Antioxidant vitamins and cancer | p. 30 |
| Nuts (e.g., walnuts) and heart disease | p. 30 |
| Omega-3 fatty acids and CHD | p. 30 |
| Phosphatidylserine/Phosphatidylcholine and cognitive dysfunction and dementia | p. 30 |
| Folic acid and neural tube birth defects | p. 30 |
| Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Safety Issues | p. 30 |
| Echinacea | p. 31 |
| Ephedra (also called ôma huang, herbal ecstasy, or mahuanggenö) | p. 31 |
| Feverfew | p. 31 |
| Garlic | p. 31 |
| Ginger | p. 32 |
| Gingko biloba | p. 32 |
| Ginseng | p. 32 |
| Kava kava products | p. 32 |
| St. JohnÆs Wort | p. 32 |
| Genomic impact of diet | p. 55 |
| Carbohydrates and gene interactions | p. 55 |
| Cholesterol and gene interactions | p. 56 |
| FAs, lipids, and gene interactions | p. 58 |
| Lipids and APOE | p. 59 |
| Diet and APOE | p. 60 |
| Lipids and hepatic lipase (HL) | p. 60 |
| Diet and LIPC | p. 61 |
| Interaction between APOE and HL | p. 61 |
| Dual roles of vitamin A | p. 62 |
| Vitamin E and atherosclerosis | p. 62 |
| Vitamin E and cholesterol biosynthesis | p. 63 |
| Vitamin D and breast cancer | p. 63 |
| Vitamin D and FAs | p. 64 |
| Phytoestrogens and breast cancer | p. 64 |
| Phytoestrogens and lipid, glucose metabolism | p. 64 |
| Phytosterols and cholesterol metabolism | p. 65 |
| Phytosterols and cancer | p. 65 |
| Polyphenols and CVD | p. 65 |
| Polyphenols and cancer | p. 66 |
| Polyphenols and cardiovascular diseases | p. 135 |
| Polyphenols and cancer | p. 136 |
| Head and neck squamous cancer | p. 159 |
| Ovarian cancer | p. 159 |
| Skin cancer | p. 160 |
| Catechins coupled with NPs | p. 272 |
| NPs targeted with ApoE containing curcumin | p. 273 |
| Resveratrol-loaded NPs protect againt Aß-induced toxicity | p. 275 |
